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(JD) · Aug 22, 2011, 04:01 PM

The idea of "it is better to be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" comes to mind.

I find few situations require my complete honesty...fewer still require my input at all... no once can force me to answer or give information, right?

Honesty works for legal issues, but even then you don't go offering unasked for information... or you claim the 5th, right?

If it's a life or death situation and it depends upon my being honest, then surely I will give honest input. Otherwise, I prefer to see it as speak up, be quiet, or share minimal truthful info so as to do no harm.

In the counseling situation a therapist can know the truth yet cannot share that with the patient without doing harm. The counselor can't be totally honest in many situations because the patient can't handle all of it at once in the state they are in. It isn't being untruthful, it's being considerate.

I doubt the person asking for honestly is really wanting it in the long run anyway... perhaps even just like you in this thread, what they want is someone to validate that their questioning is an acceptable way to find himself.